I dunno', Penelope - I don't think anybody's born kind-hearted, or otherwise.Penelope wrote:That Camacho!!!!!
Shall we gang up on him at playtime for your Robert?
My copy of the Selfish Gene has gone astray in the mail. I paid for it too.
Anyway, now I've ordered another one and that should be with me in a couple of days.
I remember reading reviews about it many moons ago.
Studying children at the age of three in playgroup, I am of the opinion that some children are born kind-hearted and caring and others need to learn.
The Selfish Gene - It's the nature/nurture debate with brass knobs on isn't it?
We become what we are through what we've received; if I was introduced to children in a sandbox and everybody hoarded their little shovels and pails, I think that's what the child-me would do.
If a child is with kids that are particularly violent - smacking each other, pushing, shoving - I think the child will develop that same bent himself.
If he notices a child is particularly kind; offers to share a goodie, a toy, then that child might copy that behaviour.
I think we learn by example.